I had a little bit of leftover ruffled ribbon from my ruffled ribbon Christmas trees, and I decided to use it in a bow.
I used the ruffled Forest Green Polka Dot Ribbon as the base of the bow.
I hot glued it onto felt and then cut around the glue when it dried.
For my next layer I used the Twisted Boutique Bow technique with Green/Red Polka Dot Ribbon in 5/8″. Click the link for instructions.
I put the bow maker setting to be the same width as the base.
The next layer is my favorite to make! Korker bows! The Ribbon Retreat offers free instructions on how to make Korker Ribbon and three different ways to put them together to make a bow. I used the last technique.
I made the korkers to be the same length as the width of my other bows, but after putting it together it seemed to long. I cut off probably an inch of each ribbon to make this look.
To put all of my layers together, I used a needle and thread through the center.
After the bow was complete, I lined a clip with Red Solid Grosgrain in 3/8″ and hot glued it onto the bottom of the bow.
I thought the bow ended up pretty cute, and I had enough to make another one, so how could I resist?!
I hope there is a little girl out there who would love to put these in some cute pigtails!
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So cute! I really meant to make my girls Christmasy bows! I don’t know where the time went, maybe next year…
how do you make the little curl in the ribbon thank you
Retha – It’s so easy! We have free instructions on our website. You can click this link to get there. http://www.theribbonretreat.com/custom/modules/FreeProjects/PDFHowtoMakeKorkerRibbonandBows.pdf. After I curled the ribbon, I just cut and attached them to the rest of the bows. The instructions how how you can make them just into korker bows too. Let me know if you have any other questions!
very interested in learning how to make the corkscrew bows
Hi Kristine! They are so easy!
Here is a link for the Korkers. http://www.theribbonretreat.com/custom/modules/FreeProjects/PDFHowtoMakeKorkerRibbonandBows.pdf. We will have a video coming in the new year. 
when you make the curly bows do you use spray starch or what
Hi Bobbie! No I don’t use any spray starch, but you can use it if you would like. Some use it before you bake the korkers, and some spray it on after. It does make the korkers stiff though, so keep that in mind. Thank you for your question!
How did you make the base with the Forest Green Polka Dot Ribbon . this post didnt seem as detailed as others,